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Caseyella

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Caseyella was named by Cantu Chapa (1976).

It was assigned to Desmoceratidae by Frau et al. (2017), Frau et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Caseyella Cantu Chapa
2017Caseyella Frau et al. p. 336
2024Caseyella Frau et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
genusCaseyellaCantu Chapa 1976

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Caseyella Cantu Chapa 1976
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†Caseyella aguilerae Burckhardt 1925
†Caseyella flexisulcata d'Orbigny 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1724.96.0043.027.010.2
shell diameter1760.120.099.066.022.3
shell inflation1716.06.0029.017.56.41

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico Pseudohaploceras aguilerae (87926)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico (Nuevo Léon) Pseudohaploceras aguilerae (87927)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0France C. flexisulcata (185039 236748 236749 236750 236751)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Nuevo León) C. aguilerae (220668 220671 220675 220677 220678 220679 220680 220681 220682 220683 220684 220691 220692 220693 220694 220695 220696 220697 220698 220699 220700 220701 220702)